Ways to kick off Lunar New Year in Seattle (plus doughnuts and a banned book concert)

Seattle has multiple Lunar New Year celebrations to check out this weekend, plus art shows, concerts and a "Lord of the Rings movie marathon.

🐉 Ring in the Year of the Dragon with drop-in art activities, storytelling and dance and musical performances at the Seattle Asian Art Museum's Lunar New Year Family Festival , which runs from 10:30am to 2pm Saturday. Free for kids 14 and under; adults cost $14.99.

🌙 Celebrate Tết, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, with Seattle Center's " Tết in Seattle " event on Saturday and Sunday. The two-day festival will feature musical performances, a lion dance, an ao dai fashion show and traditional Vietnamese food.

🌕 Or kick off the Lunar New Year with Wing Luke Museum's Lunar New Year Fair on Saturday, offering calligraphy lessons, dragon-themed arts and crafts and a scavenger hunt. A lion dance will be held at 10am before the museum opens at 11.

• Kids ages 5–12 cost $5; adult admission is $17 for non-members.

🍩 Eat some fried dough to celebrate Mighty-O Donut's 21st birthday. The local doughnut chain is celebrating Friday at its Green Lake location, where it will serve free doughnuts, blast tunes from 2003 and hand out gift cards.

• 6am to 5pm at 2110 N. 55th St.

🌋 Nerd out with a "Lord of the Rings" movie marathon at SIFF Cinema Downtown (the former Cinerama).

• The films' extended versions will be screened Saturday, starting with "The Fellowship of the Ring" at 9am; "The Two Towers" at 2:30pm; and concluding with "The Return of the King" at 8pm.
• On Sunday, the theater will show "The Hobbit" trilogy.

🖼️ Explore a new art show at the Wa Na Wari gallery in the Central District highlighting work from artists Marin Burnett, Brandon Donahue-Shipp, DK and Christopher Iduma.

• An opening reception from 6–8pm Saturday will include complimentary refreshments and live music.

🎶 Take in music inspired by books that are being banned around the country with " Banned and Beloved: Creating New Music From Banned Books ," a concert performed by the Seattle Women's Chorus.

• Original compositions are based on "Catcher in the Rye," "Alice in Wonderland," "Beloved," "Heather Has Two Mommies," "Melissa" and "This Book is Gay."
• 1pm and 5pm Saturday at Town Hall Seattle . $34–$64.

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